Adetokunbo Sees

Adetokunbo Sees by Adetokunbo Abiola, a newsletter on developments over the environment and climate change in the coastal areas of Nigeria

By Adetokunbo Abiola

· Launched 5 years ago

Climate Debt, Not Carbon Footprint: Why $1 Trillion Belongs to the Rich 0.01 percent

The world’s wealthiest 0.01 percent (net worth over $38 million) are responsible for an estimated annual climate debt of close to $1 trillion, with an…

Date: Jun 21
Author: Adetokunbo Abiola

112 Cases, 11 Deaths, and a 3.2-Fold Increase Coming: The Climate Link to Emerging Outbreaks

Over 112 confirmed cases and 11 confirmed deaths from Ebola Fever occurred in the Democratic Republic of Congo this week, with the World Health…

Date: May 31
Author: Adetokunbo Abiola

The 9-Million-Tonne World Cup: How Air Travel Is Making Football’s Expansion a Climate Problem

In next month’s world cup, air transport will be provided for 48 teams, while over five million projected fans will travel across North America in a…

Date: May 24
Author: Adetokunbo Abiola

Sand: the Invisible Resource Driving Construction and Climate Risk

The total annual demand for sand is forty to fifty billion tonnes, the demand having tripled over the past two decades, with the high consumption rates…

Date: May 17
Author: Adetokunbo Abiola

Big Oil Profits from Iran/U.S. war and Climate Change

On Tuesday, BP, one of the U.K.’s largest energy companies reported $3.2 billion in profits over the first three months of the year, more than double…

Date: May 10
Author: Adetokunbo Abiola

The Hidden Climate Toll of Big Game Hunting

In 2023, international big game hunters killed nearly 34,515 wild animals in South Africa alone, with nearly half the animals trophy hunted at 17,111…

Date: May 3
Author: Adetokunbo Abiola

From Ozone to Orbit: How Space Race is Making Climate Change Interplanetary

A mission to Mars could expose astronauts to 2.5 times higher radiation levels than those on the International Space Station (ISS), which works out to…

Date: Apr 26